S25 finally checked his Auburn portal today 
and saw that his SAT scores arrived on Sept. 25 after he had to request them (he thought they were automatically included from his Common App, but apparently not). So yeah, it will be interesting to see if he hears in the October notices or if he gets bumped to hearing in November.
Would be nice if they were but not sure since that is a few days earlier than last year, and if the amount of applications increased from last year than maybe more time will be needed? But, I am still hoping they are!
Does anyone know the exact formula Auburn uses for weighted GPA? I cannot find it anywhere. I assume it is an extra 0.5 for honors and 1.0 for DE/AP but does it include electives, or 8th grade high school classes?
Thanks!
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I also looked and couldnāt find the information on their website. My guess is also .05 for honors and 1.0 for AP/DE, but doesnāt include 8th grade high school classes or electives. This seems to be fairly standard for most schools weāve looked at.
October 11 would be great, but could also be October 18? Auburn never announces the release date ahead of time, do they? Is it always on a Friday?
This is a good question. I donāt recall this ever being posted anywhere and they donāt use SSAR like Clemson, FSU, UF, etc nor do they have you enter everything the way UGA does.
Iām confused, does Auburn recalculate the GPA?
Since their average GPAās can be above 4.0 they have to weight them somehow. My DDās school has a GPA on a 100 point scale so hers will definitely be recalculated by Auburn.
I asked our admissions advisor this specific question and was told they use what is on the high school transcript. That agrees with my current Auburn studentās experience. His Auburn GPA matched his weighted high school GPA. FYI that did NOT include a bump for dual enrollment unless they had maxed out what was available at the high school.
What do you mean when you say his āAuburn GPAā - are you referring to his grades at Auburn or the GPA that Auburn is calculating based on his high school grades? Also when you say there is no bump for dual enrollment, is there none for AP or Honors classes either? Meaning there is no such thing as a weighted GPA and the max GPA is a 4.0?
The grades that Auburn used for admission was based on high school transcript which reflected a 1.0 bump for AP but the high school transcript did not include any bump for the dual enrollment college courses he took.
Here is some information from AUās admissions FAQ
OK, so your high school recognized the bump for AP but not DE or honors classesā¦but Auburnās website does not indicate whether they re-calculate GPAās using their own formula and if they do, which classes get a bump and which do not. So it seems they just go with whatever your high school doesā¦agree?
Do any colleges actually recognize a bump for honors classes? I thought it was only AP and IB - high schools in our county donāt give credit for honors classes, they just contribute to the rigor if there is not an AP or IB option for that class.
Yes, many colleges give a 1.0 bump for AP/DE classes and still give a 0.5 bump for Honors classes, keeping in mind that some high schools do not offer AP/DE. The University of Florida for example:
āThe above range represents the core, weighted GPA on a 4.0 scale that UF calculates as part of the evaluation process. Dual-enrollment courses in core areas and any AP, IB or AICE classes receive an extra 1.0 credit weight, meaning that an A is worth a 5.0 on a 4.0 scale. Pre-AICE, pre-AP, pre-IB and Honors classes receive a 0.5 credit weight, meaning that an A is worth a 4.5 on a 4.0 scale.ā
But what happens if the GPA is not based on a 4 point scale? My daughter gets numerical grades and there is a weighted and an unweighted on a scale of 0 to 100. The weighted can be over 100 with honors getting 5 points and AP getting 10.
And I think SC schools are on a 5 point scale. There has to be some way to compare apples to apples.
Our high school was also on 100 point grading scale. Normally, colleges will convert that to a 4 point scale where an unweighted 90 to 100 is an A, 80-89 is a B etc. They would then add the extra weighting for AP/IB/DE and honors. For example, if a student had a 93 in an AP class, that would be an unweighted 4 and weighted as a 5.
There is no universal apples-to-apples conventionā¦UGA for example rescales the unweighted to a 4 point scale (if anything different), adds a point for the AP and IB courses (core only), thereby calculating their own weighted GPA. Most do something similar it seems but differ on whether they include all courses and/or add 0.5 for honors.
Yes but that is why UGA recalculates. It is the same calculation for everyone. That makes it apples to apples for each schools applicant pool. If Auburn just looks at a transcript and does not recalculate there is no apples to apples comparison for their applicant pool. How do you know if the person with a 99 weighted GPA is any more qualified than a person with a 4.2 GPA?
Iām sure they rescale and then recalculateā¦they just havenāt posted the exact approach in the way UGA or UF has. I am curious myself because we are also on a 100 point scale
I think most schools recalculate using their own formula. UGA and UF just happen to be very transparent about their process. Most schools are not.